A Conversation With KRISTJAN JÄRVI: Baltic Youth Philharmonic
The Baltic Youth Philharmonic (founded in 2008) is part of a much larger and bolder enterprise embracing the 10 nation states bordering the Baltic Sea. At a time of financial duress when governments are downgrading culture as…
A Conversation With STEPHEN TRIFFITT
Stephen Triffitt leaves his alter ego, Francis Albert Sinatra, under wraps for a few hours and shares the amazing story of how the two of them became one. From The Rat Pack to his own solo tribute shows this is…
A Conversation With MARTYN BRABBINS & TOM SCHENK: Vaughan Williams’ ‘A Pilgrim’s Progress’ at ENO
Vaughan Williams’ rapturous “Morality” (his chosen description) of John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress comes to English National Opera for its first fully professional staging since its premiere at the Festival of Britain in 1951. It’s a bold…
A Conversation With The ELIAS STRING QUARTET
The vibrant ELIAS STRING QUARTET are 14 years young, well established, and well respected on the international scene. Former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists and recipients of a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award in 2010, they are at…
A Conversation With JULIAN OVENDEN
Two days after the world premiere of Finding Neverland at Leicester’s Curve Theatre I am backstage with its star Julian Ovenden for the story so far on this musical adaptation – Allan Knee (Book), Scott Frankel (Music),…
A Conversation With LEIF OVE ANDSNES
Over the next four seasons the Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes will be embarking upon a “Beethoven Journey” that will clock up 150 performances in 55 cities all over the world. At the heart of this expedition…
A Conversation With JOHN WILSON: ‘Rodgers and Hammerstein at the Movies’
After the John Wilson Orchestra’s stunning 2010 Prom celebration of Rodgers and Hammerstein I commented: “It was as close as we could imagine to being guests on the 20th Century Fox soundstage circa.1955…the sound, the style, the…
A Conversation With KERRY ELLIS
At the busy junction between studio sessions for her new album (Brian May in attendance, naturally), an arena tour of Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds, and her first “intimate” cabaret date at the Hippodrome’s new Matcham…
A Conversation With STUART SKELTON
How did a nice Australian boy with a penchant for Rugby and Formula One gain entry into that most exclusive of clubs – the rarefied world of Opera? Stuart Skelton‘s response will only surprise you if you…
A Conversation With ELIN MANAHAN THOMAS
Elin Manahan Thomas‘ lovely voice has graced two of the finest specialist choirs in the world: John Eliot Gardiner’s Monteverdi Choir and Harry Christophers’ The Sixteen. It’s a voice born to embrace the pure and ornate lines…
